By contrast, Kim Beazley senior, Member for Fremantle, presented a case for the creation of an Aboriginal land title. This was the first time that the concept of an Aboriginal title to land had been raised in the Parliament. Beazley argued that the proclamation of large reserves for Aboriginal use meant nothing if 'systematically, when anything of any value is discovered in them, areas become excised from the Aboriginal reserves'.

This speech became more widely publicised when reproduced in On Aboriginal Affairs, a periodical widely circulated by a small group in Melbourne called 'Aboriginal Affairs', committed to providing information and viewpoints concerning Aboriginal Australians.